Scarecrow
First screened in May 2013
Director: Jerry Schatzberg. Cast: Gene Hackman, Al Pacino, Dorothy Tristan, Richard Lynch, Ann Wedgeworth, Penelope Allen, Eileen Brennan, Richard Hackman, Al Cingolani, Rutanya Alda. Screenplay: Garry Michael White. Twitter Capsule:
Pacino, Hackman amble and tic through smugly shambolic if handsomely shot boxcar retread of Midnight Cowboy. Enervating.
VOR:②
Absurdly generous Palme d'or, but illuminating (sorta) to watch two actors who gave so many integrated performances in drum-tight movies grope their way through a vaguer exercise.
